Internal Auditor

Internal Auditor Jobs in Lusaka – Join a Leading FMCG Company

Precision Recruitment is excited to present an opportunity for qualified professionals seeking internal auditor jobs in Lusaka. Our client, a prominent player in the FMCG sector based in Lusaka, Zambia, is recruiting a dedicated Internal Auditor to strengthen their internal controls and risk management framework. This full-time position offers a challenging and rewarding environment for candidates with a strong audit and accounting background.

Position Overview: Internal Auditor Jobs in Lusaka

The Internal Auditor will independently assess the effectiveness of key controls across the organisation’s operations. The role focuses on loss prevention, fraud deterrence and detection, safeguarding assets, and ensuring compliance with internal policies and relevant laws and regulations. The auditor will perform substantive testing, control walk-throughs, and spot checks at administrative offices, manufacturing sites, and depots, providing timely, evidence-based reports to management for corrective action.

Key Responsibilities

• Detect, investigate, and prevent financial, inventory, and operational losses, including fraud, theft, misuse of assets, and revenue leakage.
• Conduct targeted loss-prevention testing at depots, mills, warehouses, and commercial operations.
• Independently verify that existing controls operate as intended without modifying processes.
• Perform substantive testing in high-risk areas such as revenue, inventory, procurement, production variances, payroll, and fixed assets.
• Carry out scheduled and surprise verification checks on cash, stock, weighbridge records, production yields, and assets.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, regulatory requirements, corporate standards, and contractual obligations.
• Validate adherence to tax, statutory, and governance requirements, without engaging in policy or process design.
• Report confirmed breaches or non-compliance with factual evidence and risk assessments.
• Support external auditors, corporate audit teams, and regulators by preparing relevant documentation and evidence.
• Monitor closure of audit findings by verifying completion rather than remediation execution.
• Produce objective, evidence-based assurance reports highlighting control weaknesses, loss exposure, and compliance gaps.
• Escalate critical risks based on verified facts without assuming operational responsibility.
• Participate in physical stock counts and variance investigations to verify production and inventory accuracy.
• Independently verify weighbridge data, raw-material usage, finished goods movements, and shrinkage.

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum grade 12 school certificate and an accountancy degree.
• Full ZICA, ACCA, or an equivalent professional accounting qualification.
• At least 5 years of relevant accounting experience, including a minimum of 2 years in external or internal audit.
• Strong numerical aptitude and proficient computer skills.
• Excellent written communication skills.
• Knowledge of US GAAP is advantageous.
• Mandatory: All candidates must obtain ZAQA certification from the Zambia Qualifications Authority (ZAQA).

Additional Information

How to Apply for Internal Auditor Jobs in Lusaka

Interested candidates who meet the above criteria are encouraged to apply promptly. For more information and to submit your application, please visit the following link:

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